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dc.contributor.authorHayes, Keith R.
dc.contributor.authorHosack, Geoffrey R.
dc.contributor.authorLawrence, Emma
dc.contributor.authorHedge, Paul
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Neville S.
dc.contributor.authorBarrett, Neville S.
dc.contributor.authorPrzeslawski, Rachel
dc.contributor.authorCaley, M. Julian
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Scott D.
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-21T16:54:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-21T16:54:17Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.citationHayes, K.R., Hosack, G.R., Lawrence, E., Hedge, P., Barrett ,N.S., Przeslawski, R., Caley, M.J. and Foster, S.D .(2019) Designing Monitoring Programs for Marine Protected Areas Within an Evidence Based Decision Making Paradigm. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6:746, 16pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00746en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.oceanbestpractices.org/handle/11329/2325
dc.description.abstractThe Evidence Based Decision Making (EBDM) paradigm encourages managers to base their decisions on the strongest available evidence, but it has been criticized for placing too much emphasis on the choice of study design method without considering the types of questions that are being addressed as well as other relevant factors such as how well a study is implemented. Here we review the objectives of Australia’s Marine Park network, and identify the types of questions and data analysis that would address these objectives. Critically, we consider how the design of a monitoring program influences our ability to adequately answer these questions, using the strength of evidence hierarchy from the EBDM paradigm to assess the adequacy of different design strategies and other sources of information. It is important for conservation managers to recognize that the types of questions monitoring programs are able to answer depends on how they are designed and how the collected data are analyzed. The socio-political process that dictates where protected areas are placed typically excludes the strongest types of evidence, Random Controlled Trials (RCTs), for certain questions. Evidence bases that are stronger than ones commonly employed to date, however, could be used to provide a causal inference, including for those questions where RCTs are excluded, but only if appropriate designs such as cohort or case-control studies are used, and supported where relevant by appropriate sample frames. Randomized, spatially balanced sampling, together with careful selection of control sites, and more extensive use of propensity scores and structured elicitation of expert judgment, are also practical ways to improve the evidence base for answering the questions that underlie marine park objectives and motivate long-term monitoring programs.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/*
dc.subject.otherMarine protected areas (MPA)en_US
dc.subject.otherDesign methodologyen_US
dc.subject.otherEvidence Based Decision Making (EBDM)en_US
dc.subject.otherMarine parksen_US
dc.titleDesigning Monitoring Programs for Marine Protected Areas Within an Evidence Based Decision Making Paradigm.en_US
dc.typeJournal Contributionen_US
dc.description.refereedRefereeden_US
dc.format.pagerange16pp.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00746
dc.subject.parameterDisciplineHuman activityen_US
dc.subject.dmProcessesData acquisitionen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.titleFrontiers in Marine Scienceen_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume6en_US
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue746en_US
dc.description.sdg14.2en_US
dc.description.maturitylevelMatureen_US
dc.description.adoptionValidated (tested by third parties)en_US
dc.description.adoptionMulti-organisationalen_US
dc.description.adoptionNationalen_US
dc.description.methodologyTypeMethoden_US
dc.description.methodologyTypeSpecification of criteriaen_US
obps.contact.contactnameKeith R. Hayes
obps.contact.contactemailkeith.hayes@csiro.au
obps.resourceurl.publisherhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2019.00746/full


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